{"id":52408,"date":"2023-07-16T06:02:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=52408"},"modified":"2023-07-15T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:25:09","slug":"open-thread-july-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/07\/16\/open-thread-july-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread July 16, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the radio opera was Verdi’s “I Lombardi alla prima crociata” (the Lombards in the First Crusade), his next opera published after “Nabucco,” which I only bring up because it’s the one whihich contains “The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” which pretty much became an international incident. “I Lombardi” contains a chorus a bit reminiscent of the Nabucco one, but which, though it was aso tremendously popular in its day, did not come down through the centuries (well, almost two centuries) as the first one did. I’ve heard of<\/strong> I Lombardi, but till now I had never heard it. There are no big names in this production, and I’ll need to be careful not to tell Virgil today that there exist two recordings of it with Jos\u00e9 Carreras, because there is no way I can send him any audio, and it would just be tormenting him.\u00a0 Being early Verdi, the music is as much bel canto<\/em> as it is what we expect to hear from Verdi.\u00a0 \u00a0He was getting closer to finding his voice, but not quite there yet.\u00a0 Certainly well worth a listen.\u00a0 Off to see Virgil now; I’ll comment when I get home.<\/p>\n

Cartoon –<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Short Takes –<\/p>\n

The 19th – The first over-the-counter birth control pill has been approved by the FDA. What will it cost?<\/a>
\nQuote – Perrigo is planning to introduce some form of coupon program for people who want to buy Opill but cannot afford the cost. The company offered few details as to how that program will work in practice, so it\u2019s hard to say how significantly it could expand access to the drug. Depending on Opill\u2019s price, health insurance may choose to cover the pill, said Cynthia Cox, a vice president at KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research organization. But given how new the drug will be, and the availability of other prescription-based generic options, it\u2019s hard to imagine many plans will voluntarily do so. Currently, the emergency contraception Plan B pill is only covered when prescribed by a doctor. Cox also agrees that it\u2019s not clear that any existing federal law \u2014 including the ACA \u2014 could be interpreted to guarantee coverage of an over-the-counter birth control drug.
\nClick through for story<\/a>. Good thing for me I don’t need it, since there’s just about no way I would do anything at the same time every day. I would suggest that, regardless what insurance does, FSAs and HSAs I am confident will cover it. Normally that doesn’t make it free, but it does make it tax-free.<\/p>\n

Crooks & Liars – Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Entire Biden Administration Drug Tested<\/a>
\nQuote – How ’bout we test Trump for Adderall and Don Junior for coke? Or test the White House Correspondents, especially those from right-wing outlets? You know, PROBABLE CAUSE.
\nClick through for details and more alternate suggestions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the radio opera was Verdi’s “I Lombardi alla prima crociata” (the Lombards in the First Crusade), his next opera published after “Nabucco,” which I only bring up because it’s the one whihich contains “The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” which pretty much became an international incident. “I Lombardi” contains a chorus a bit reminiscent […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":50381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[3704,3746,3751,3718,4395],"class_list":["post-52408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-gop-incompetence","tag-gop-insanity","tag-music","tag-womens-health","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}